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Psalms 68:1
1For the music director, a psalm of David, a song.
Psalms 68:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
- New International Version (NIV)May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let God arise, Let His enemies be scattered; Let those also who hate Him flee before Him.
Context of Psalms 68:1
For the music director, a psalm of David, a song. 2Let God arise! Let His enemies be scattered! Let those who hate Him flee before Him. 3As smoke is blown away, may You blow them away. As wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
Read all of Psalms 68Psalms 68:1 word by word
יָק֣וּם אֱ֭לֹהִים יָפ֣וּצוּ אוֹיְבָ֑יו וְיָנ֥וּסוּ מְ֝שַׂנְאָ֗יו מִפָּנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 68:1
- Psalms 7:6then let the enemy chase me, overtake me, and trample me into the ground, leaving my honor in the dirt! Selah
- Psalms 44:26For our soul sinks down to the dust. Our belly cleaves to the earth.
- Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a warrior shaking off wine.
- Psalms 132:8Arise, Adonai, to Your resting place— You, and the Ark of Your might.
- Numbers 10:35Whenever the Ark would set out, Moses would say: “Arise, Adonai! May Your enemies be scattered! May those who hate You flee from before You!”
- 2 Chronicles 6:41Now arise, Adonai Elohim, to Your resting place, You and the Ark of Your might. May Your kohanim, Adonai Elohim, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.
- Isaiah 33:3From the noise of tumult people will flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations will be scattered.
- Isaiah 42:13Adonai goes out as a mighty one. He stirs up His zeal like a man of war. He will shout, yes, raise a war cry! He will prevail over His enemies.
- Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Adonai, awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
- Psalms 68:14When you lie among the campfires, wings of a dove were covered with silver and her feathers with shimmering gold.
- Psalms 59:11My God in His lovingkindness will go before me. God will let me look down on my foes.
- Isaiah 41:15“Look, I will make you a threshing sledge, new, with sharp, double-edged spikes. You will thresh the mountains and grind them up, and will make the hills like chaff.
- Ezekiel 5:2A third you will burn in fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are complete. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. Scatter a third to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
- Ezekiel 12:14I will disperse toward every wind all that surround him to help him and all his troops. I will draw out the sword after them.
- Daniel 2:35Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from summer threshing-floors that the wind blows away. Not a trace of them could be found. Then the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
- Psalms 21:8For the king trusts in Adonai, and in the lovingkindness of Elyon he will not be shaken.
Commentaries on Psalms 68:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Let God arise - This was sung when the Levites took up the ark upon their shoulders; see Numbers 10:35-36; (note), and the notes there.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Let God arise - See the notes at Psalm 3:7. There is an obvious reterence here to the words used by Moses on the removal of the ark in Numbers 10:35. The same language was also employed by Solomon when the ark was removed to the temple, and deposited in the most holy place 2 Chronicles 6:41:” Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength.” It would seem probable, therefore, that this psalm was composed on some…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1A prayer--The greatness and goodness of God. (1-6) The wonderful works God wrought for his people. (7-14) The presence of God in his church. (15-21) The victories of Christ. (22-28) Enlargement of the church. (29-31) The glory and grace of God. (32-35) Verses 1-6 None ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. God is the joy of his people, then let them rejoice when they come before him. He who derives his being from none, but gives being to all…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3These verses form a prayer for God to rise and scatter his enemies, like when Israel entered the promised land (compare Numbers 10:35–36; Joshua 6–12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-351-3. Compare Nu 10:35; Psa 1:4; 22:14, on the figures here used. before him--as in Psa 68:2, from His presence, as dreaded; but in Psa 68:3, in His presence, as under His protection (Psa 61:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 68
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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